The 42 cube marathon number I think came out because someone did 42 cubes in 15 minutes. It's an irrelevant number today because there are many sub-20 cubers now who could all break that record.
Tyson Mao Astrophysics '06 California Institute of Technology On Feb 12, 2006, at 11:14 AM, kovacic81 wrote: > - > > Just to Ease some fears, > > I had the same misconception about 3 months ago > > Message 23705: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: kovacic81 > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 9:22 PM > Subject: [Speed cubing group] 42 Cube Marathon > > > What are the rules for the 42 cube Marathon? Do you just add up > solve > times for 42 consecutive cubes? Do you preinspect? > > Someone in the WC1982 mov said something about a 42 cube marathon > in > 15 minutes. Thats 21.43sec/cube. Where did this category come > from? > And did 42 come from Douglas Adams' book? > > Jason > > > "" > > So you're not the only one who thought that... :) > I still like to think that the cube marathon is based on 42. A > marathon is like 26 miles... What the hell is a kilometer anyway? > > just kidding.. > > That book is one of my favorites, and the movie's good too... > They preserved the english accents from the original BCC shorts. > > Jason K > > > PS How many people here know what a Ford Prefect is ? > PPS isn't DEep Cube named after deep thought? > > > > > -- In [email protected], sgowal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> It worries me that someone would think that the 42 came from "the >> hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy"... I really hope that this was some >> kind of joke! >> >> Please read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon. >> >> Thank you Gilles for bringing a little knowledge to the group. >> >> Sven >> >> >> --- In [email protected], Gilles van den >> Peereboom <gillesvdp@> wrote: >>> >>> yeah, there are 42 kilometers between Marathon and Athens. >>> (go back to your history course to know why it's important) >>> >>> Gilles. >>> >>> >>> 2006/2/12, bmcgaugh49 <bmcgaugh49@>: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --- In [email protected], Sapan Upadhyay >>>> <cubekid@> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> read the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Nah, I think the 42 for the cube marathon came from the >>>> runners marathon being about 42 kilometers...but I could be > wrong ;-) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Yahoo! Groups Links >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
